"Take the couch next to Marcus Exsuperius. The third one. You take the higher one, and you'll offend Luscinus, and that won't sit well with Helvidius. But sit any lower and you compromise your position."

"An excellent point, magistrate. Most astute and most cleverly presented to these, our most learned compatriots. If I may, and I do beg your pardon, I would like to address a small flaw in your logic."

"Stand down and surrender your arms. You are a prisoner of the Legio Mortuum, under suspicion of participation in and instruction of illegal sorcery. Come in peace and you will be allowed to argue your innocence. Resist and be destroyed."